PREPARATION
Start with a clean planting area by spraying or otherwise controlling competing vegetation. Prepare a smooth, firm seedbed that provides excellent seed-to-soil contact.
Small clover seed requires a firm seedbed. If your boot sinks deeply into freshly prepared soil, firm the seedbed before planting.

SOIL TEST & FERTILITY
Conduct a soil test whenever possible and correct soil pH, phosphorus, potassium, and other nutrient deficiencies according to soil-test recommendations.
Target approximately 6.0–7.0 soil pH for dependable clover performance.
Because White Cloud™ Crimson Clover is a legume, properly nodulated plants can fix atmospheric nitrogen. Avoid unnecessary heavy nitrogen applications that encourage grasses and competing vegetation.

PLANTING RATE
Broadcast (Prepared Seedbed): 25 lbs/acre
Broadcast (No-Till): 30 lbs/acre
Drilled: 15 lbs/acre
In A Blend: Reduce the rate according to companion species and desired clover population.

PLANTING DEPTH
Plant ¼ inch deep or less.
When broadcasting, spread seed evenly over a firm seedbed and cultipack or roll afterward. Avoid disking after seeding—the most common mistake with small clover seed is simply burying it too deep.

TIMING
Fall establishment is preferred. Target approximately 6–8 weeks before your area's average first hard freeze so seedlings have enough time to develop before severe winter conditions.
Spring planting may also be appropriate within suitable portions of White Cloud™ Crimson Clover's adapted range.

MOISTURE
Plant into adequate soil moisture or immediately ahead of dependable rainfall. Consistent moisture during germination and early establishment is critical for developing a uniform stand.

BLENDING & OVERSEEDING
White Cloud™ Crimson Clover is an excellent companion for wheat, oats, cereal rye, Victory™ Arrowleaf Clover, Droptine™ Balansa Clover, and Antler Chicory.
It can also be overseeded into compatible existing plots when adequate exposed soil is available. Reduce the standalone rate when adding White Cloud™ Crimson Clover to another planting.

MANAGEMENT
Manage competing vegetation and avoid excessive nitrogen applications.
Allow White Cloud™ Crimson Clover to continue growing into spring whenever possible. Its spring forage production provides valuable nutrition beyond hunting season—and allowing plants to reach maturity reveals the distinctive white blooms that give White Cloud™ its name.

ADJUSTING FOR PLS & GERMINATION
Recommended planting rates assume 100% Pure Live Seed (PLS) and 100% germination. Actual seed quality varies by lot. To determine an adjusted planting rate, divide the recommended seeding rate by the PLS percentage multiplied by the germination percentage, both expressed as decimals. Adjusting for PLS and germination ensures proper stand density and maximum forage production.

Straight Shot™ White Cloud Crimson Clover is a premium cool-season annual crimson clover developed to provide highly palatable, high-quality forage for wildlife. Unlike traditional crimson clover, White Cloud produces white flowers and white seed and contains lower levels of bitter anthocyanins—contributing to sweeter, more palatable forage.

White Cloud Crimson Clover isn't simply traditional crimson clover with a different flower color. It contains lower levels of bitter anthocyanins associated with red pigmentation, contributing to sweeter, more palatable forage. It also produces distinctive white flowers and white seed and is the only white-flowering Trifolium incarnatum cultivar in the United States.

White Cloud Crimson Clover contains lower levels of bitter anthocyanins than traditional red-pigmented crimson clover. According to its developer, this contributes to sweeter forage and improved palatability.

Anthocyanins are naturally occurring plant pigments responsible for red, purple, and blue coloration in many plants. White Cloud Crimson Clover contains lower levels of the bitter anthocyanins associated with traditional crimson clover's red coloration.

No. The white flower is White Cloud Crimson Clover's most visible distinction, but its value goes beyond appearance. Its lack of red pigmentation corresponds with lower levels of bitter anthocyanins, contributing to sweeter, more palatable forage.

Yes. Improved palatability is one of White Cloud Crimson Clover's primary varietal advantages. Its developer specifically identifies White Cloud as sweeter than other crimson clovers, with lower levels of bitter anthocyanins contributing to improved palatability.

White Cloud Crimson Clover combines highly palatable, protein-rich forage with dependable cool-season production, strong spring growth, nitrogen fixation, and strong disease resistance. Its sweeter forage gives hunters a legitimately differentiated alternative to ordinary crimson clover.

White Cloud Crimson Clover is identified by its developer as a high-protein forage. Actual crude protein levels will vary with plant maturity, fertility, weather, and growing conditions, so a specific protein percentage shouldn't be expected from every plot.

White Cloud Crimson Clover is a cool-season annual. It typically establishes during the cool season, produces forage through its growing period, flowers and produces seed at maturity, and completes its life cycle within one growing season.

White Cloud Crimson Clover can be planted in spring or late summer through early fall within its adapted range. For fall wildlife plots, establish it early enough to develop a healthy stand before sustained winter conditions arrive.

Plant White Cloud Crimson Clover ¼ inch deep or less. Clover seed is small and can easily be planted too deep. Broadcasting onto a firm seedbed followed by cultipacking or rolling provides excellent seed-to-soil contact without burying the seed excessively.

When planted alone, we recommend 25 lbs./acre. When included in mixtures, use approximately 8-15 lbs./acre, adjusting as needed for the companion species and desired clover population.

Yes. White Cloud Crimson Clover can be planted alone at 25 lbs./acre when you want a dedicated stand of premium annual clover forage.

Absolutely. White Cloud Crimson Clover is an excellent way to add high-quality legume forage and additional diversity to cereal grain and other compatible cool-season food plots.

Yes. White Cloud Crimson Clover can be overseeded into compatible existing plots where adequate exposed soil is available. Because the seed is small, good seed-to-soil contact and timely moisture are especially important.

White Cloud Crimson Clover pairs well with wheat, oats, cereal rye, Victory™ Arrowleaf Clover, Droptine™ Balansa Clover, and Antler Chicory. We recommend approximately 8-15 lbs./acre in mixtures, with the exact rate adjusted for companion species.

Yes. Once established and actively growing, White Cloud Crimson Clover provides highly palatable forage that deer can utilize throughout the cool season. Its value also continues beyond hunting season as spring growth increases.

White Cloud Crimson Clover can provide forage throughout its active cool-season growth period, with production increasing significantly under favorable spring growing conditions.

Spring coincides with significant nutritional demands within the deer herd. Bucks are entering antler development while does progress through late gestation and lactation. Maintaining high-quality forage into spring helps support a year-round herd-management program, not simply hunting-season attraction.

Yes. As a legume, properly inoculated and nodulated White Cloud Crimson Clover can capture atmospheric nitrogen through its relationship with compatible Rhizobium bacteria.

Properly nodulated White Cloud Crimson Clover generally does not require heavy supplemental nitrogen. Excessive nitrogen can encourage competing grasses and weeds. Base fertility on a soil test and pay particular attention to soil pH, phosphorus, potassium, and other deficiencies.

A soil pH around 6.0–7.0 provides a strong foundation for clover performance. A soil test should ultimately determine whether lime or fertilizer adjustments are needed.

White Cloud Crimson Clover can perform across a range of suitable food plot soils but shouldn't automatically be treated as the best choice for chronically wet or poorly drained ground. If wetter or heavier soils are the primary concern, Droptine™ Balansa Clover may be the better Straight Shot™ option.

Established crimson clover can tolerate periods of limited moisture, but prolonged drought will reduce forage production. Adequate moisture is particularly important during germination and early establishment.

Yes. High disease resistance is specifically identified by the developer as one of White Cloud™ Crimson Clover's key characteristics.

White Cloud Crimson Clover has useful cool-season adaptation, but severe winter conditions can cause stand loss outside its adapted range.

Yes. Excessive seeding creates unnecessary competition for sunlight, moisture, nutrients, and growing space. Follow the recommended 25 lbs./acre when planted alone and reduce to approximately 8-15 lbs./acre in mixtures.

Crimson clover can produce viable seed and naturally reseed when allowed to reach maturity under favorable conditions. Successful volunteer stands depend on seed production, weather, soil conditions, competition, and management and shouldn't be considered guaranteed.

Yes, when your management goals allow it. Carrying White Cloud Crimson Clover into spring lets you capitalize on additional forage production and eventually see the distinctive white flowers that separate it from ordinary crimson clover.

The plant itself doesn't turn white. White Cloud Crimson Clover produces white flower heads when it reaches reproductive maturity.

Yes. White Cloud Crimson Clover produces both white flowers and white seed, further distinguishing it from traditional crimson clover.

The flower color itself isn't the reason to expect improved palatability. The important distinction is that White Cloud Crimson Clover contains lower levels of bitter anthocyanins, which its developer associates with sweeter, more palatable forage.

No. White Cloud Crimson Clover was developed through traditional plant breeding and selection, including repeated selection for desirable characteristics. It is not a genetically engineered variety

White Cloud Crimson Clover originated from a unique white-flowering plant discovered in a crimson clover production field. OreGro Research developed the variety through six cycles of recurrent phenotypic selection, ultimately creating the distinctive cultivar available today.

Both are crimson clovers, but White Cloud Crimson Clover offers a distinct premium advantage through lower levels of bitter anthocyanins, sweeter forage, improved palatability, and its unique white flowers and seed. Blood Trail™ Crimson Clover is the more traditional crimson clover option.